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Consider 1. The example of those holy men of God who have done thus. Nehemiah 1 6. Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine ¹yet open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of ⟨p. 103⟩thy servant which I pray before thee day and night. So you have the example of Daniel, Dan. 6. 10.—he kneeled upon his knees ²three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before time. It was a custom that he had observed of former time. Though he was a great Courtier, and a man full of great employment, yet he would not neglect prayer. Nor was this an extraordinary fit but his ordinary course. So in David, Psal. 5. 3. My voice ³shall thou hear in the morning, and in the evening will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. So Psal. 88. 13. But unto thee have I cried, O Lord, and in the morning shall my ⁴prayer prevent thee. So Psal. 119. 147. I prevented ⁵the dawning of the morning, and cried unto the Lord. Psal. 55. 17. Evening and morning ⁶and at noon will I pray and cry aloud.

Consider 1. The example of those holy men of God who have done thus.